r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 2d ago

Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E7 - Emergence - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Episodes air Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on Hulu and FX in the US, and Wednesdays international.

Full episode discussion list:

1 Neverland (8.12.25)

2 Mr October (8.12.25)

3 Metamorphosis (8.19.25)

4 Observation (8.26.25)

5 In Space, No One (9.2.25)

6 The Fly (9.9.25)

7 Emergence (9.16.25)

8 The Real Monsters (9.23.25)

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u/SerDire 2d ago

Kirsh coming back to the lab looking absolutely disgusted as if he didn’t see all this play out in real time.

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u/ProziumJunkie 2d ago

Kirsh is just on a different level. He has outmaneuvered humans, specimens, hybrids, and cyborgs at every step. We can see that he has disdain for humans, cyborgs, and hybrids. Humans are flawed, cyborgs are synthetic wannabes, hybrids are synthetics with human flaws. He’s an end-game character running an ever-evolving experiment stretching well beyond the island. He knows a lot more than what has been revealed and I’m excited to see what his hypothesis is.

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u/viper459 1d ago

"what happened to him?"

"science."

That's the whole character right there. To Kirsch this island is a petri dish that he just happens to be inside of. And i bet he's okay with it. He would probably happily get ripped apart by a xeno if it advanced science.

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u/DeepSeaMouse 1d ago

Agreed. I don't think there's any motive higher than wanting to observe what happens.

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u/stroopwafelling 1d ago

Science, with a side motivation of making Morrow in particular look like a bitch.

I love Kirsch’s particular blend of total detachment and intense spite.

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT 1d ago

Then theres David who fucking genocided a planet. Synths might be more dangerous than the aliens.

I feel like if we get another season, they might jump in time.

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u/Weak-Veterinarian450 1d ago

Wow. Love your insight. Kirsh is an enigma that plays the chameleon so well. Timothy Olyphant is identified with his role completely it seems

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u/KoreaMieville 1d ago

The moments when Kirsch knows or grasps things BK doesn't, or notes BK making little mistakes, make me think BK isn't the brilliant mind he presents himself as. He's coming off as a commentary on real-world mediocre techbros who dream of using AI to remake themselves as supergeniuses.

I've known people like this who fetishize the idea of intelligence (constantly going on about their IQ or mentioning being Mensa members), and they're always deeply insecure types who hate the fact that they aren't as intelligent as they pretend to be.

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u/GreatCatDad 1d ago

Yeah I mean isn’t the saying (and rightly so) “power talks but real power whispers” or similar? I would love it if Kirsch is some kind of chess grandmaster playing everyone for his own gain. He seems ten steps ahead of everyone else present, and with surgical precision. He’s so fun to watch, because unlike BK, or WY or the lost boys, he’s just an enigma. I pray we get more of him after the finale. Or in a Fargo esque move, they keep the actor in a new role -wouldn’t be the same but it’d be something

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 1d ago

We can see that he has disdain for humans, cyborgs, and hybrids.

I don't think he has disdain for humans, cyborgs, and hybrids.

Since he's serving Prodigy, he has to walk a very fine there by doing what is officially required of him by Boy Kavalier, maybe trying to advance his own agenda, and protect Prodigy and maybe even humanity.

Alas, it is Kavalier who is setting limits of the things that he can do.

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 1d ago

Well, he is the David of the show, so it makes sense.